Re: [WiX-users] can I use MD5 of file/dir for Id values?

2007-09-27 Thread Chris Ridd
On Thursday, September 27, 2007, at 12:35PM, Kaveh Goudarzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Chris, Thanks for the advice :-) ... when you say with AUTO_ as documented ... where do you mean? I'm wondering if I missed some guidance doc which I need to look at before I make this change

Re: [WiX-users] Spaces in Shortcut/@Arguments

2007-09-27 Thread Chris Ridd
to do it instead... Cheers, Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01

Re: [WiX-users] Spaces in Shortcut/@Arguments

2007-09-27 Thread Chris Ridd
quote the string in the Target, though I guess that's definitely got to be a single string. Using extra quot;s works OK. Cheers, Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual

[WiX-users] Searching for multiple registry keys

2007-09-27 Thread Chris Ridd
:-( Am I even on the right track? Cheers, Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01

[WiX-users] FileSearch - please?

2007-09-27 Thread Chris
All, I install my app in C:\Program Files\Company\App 1.1 ... There is a subdirectory Archive\ that does not get removed upon uninstallation. How do I search for the most recent version of App and copy all the files within App 1.1\Archive to a new directory?If someone can show me

Re: [WiX-users] Searching for multiple registry keys

2007-09-27 Thread Chris Ridd
On 27 Sep 2007, at 17:59, Kelly Leahy wrote: Oops. Sorry Chris for the duplicate - I forgot to reply to all on the first one. Not a problem - I'll put my reply to you below for everyone's benefit. Here's what I sent to Chris - others, tell me if this won't work, because I may need

Re: [WiX-users] Deploying the MSI

2007-09-26 Thread Chris Ridd
On Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 09:22AM, János Brezniczky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/9/26, Chris Ridd [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 25 Sep 2007, at 23:39, János Brezniczky wrote: I would just add that it's easier to set Compressed=yes on the Package instead of setting it on each

[WiX-users] 64-bit packages

2007-09-26 Thread Chris Ridd
? I'm already setting Platforms=x64 in my Package element, and all my Components now have Win64=yes on them. Cheers, Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005

Re: [WiX-users] 64-bit packages

2007-09-26 Thread Chris Ridd
. That worked - thanks! Cheers, Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01

[WiX-users] FileSearch

2007-09-26 Thread Chris
All, I install my app in C:\Program Files\Company\App 1.1 ... There is a subdirectory Archive\ that does not get removed upon uninstallation. How do I search for the most recent version of App and copy all the files within App 1.1\Archive to a new directory? If someone can show me an

[WiX-users] Shortcut documentation is AWOL

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Ridd
in the source distribution, so maybe the problem is the conversion of that to HTML. Cheers, Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go

Re: [WiX-users] Some STUPID Limitations in WiX

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Mumford
Hi Justin: Even though your advice and comments to Dong are 100% correct I'm still going easy on him. I've had many frustrating days with Windows Installer/WiX. I would say that these are most surely issues with Windows Installer's complexity and not WiX - however WiX's tendency to assume that

Re: [WiX-users] Deploying the MSI

2007-09-25 Thread Chris Ridd
around attribute values aren't typos/courtesy of her mail client, then they might be the problem. I'd trim them. Cheers, Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005

[WiX-users] What do I do with per-user data when I uninstall?

2007-09-18 Thread Chris Mumford
I read a blog posting titled What do I do with per-user data when I uninstall?http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2007/09/17/4948130.aspx this morning and have often asked myself the same question. What do you experts think?

[WiX-users] .NET user.config File

2007-09-18 Thread Chris
\?? .. Thanks for the help.. Chris G. ___ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft

[WiX-users] Add/Remove Programs Name

2007-09-17 Thread Chris
How do I make it so the name for my product shows up as [ProductName] [ProductVersion] in Add/Remove programs? Currently, it only shows [ProductName]. Thanks Chris ___ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web

[WiX-users] Bootstrap - .NET 1.1

2007-09-14 Thread Chris
Hi, I know now how to bootstrap the .NET.Framework 2.0 (see below) How can I bootstrap .NET 1.1? Project xmlns=http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003; ItemGroup BootstrapperFile Include=Microsoft.Net.Framework.2.0 ProductNameMicrosoft .NET Framework 2.0/ProductName

[WiX-users] Copying a directory of files from SourceDir\subdir

2007-09-12 Thread Chris Mumford
Hey there: I have an installation layout like this: Setup.msi CommonFiles/ where CommonFiles contain user configurable files. When I run the installer I want to copy all of the files in the CommonFiles directory which is beside my MSI into the: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application

[WiX-users] Yet another ICE38 question

2007-09-09 Thread Chris Mumford
=D_VisStmtStartMenu Name=Visible Statement Component Id=C_VisStmtStartMenu CreateFolder / RemoveFolder Id=R_VisStmtStartMenu On=uninstall / /Component /Directory /Directory However, light.exe is giving me these warnings: c:\chris\src\VisibleStatement-Vista\wix

[WiX-users] Component GUIDs

2007-09-04 Thread Chris Ridd
that I'm not recording these GUIDs for posterity. How are Component GUIDs used by the installer during (say) a package upgrade, or at other times? Do *I* need to remember the GUIDs for all the Components I'm installing? Sorry if this is a dumb question :-) Cheers, Chris

[WiX-users] Custom Action - HowTo call a function from a dll?

2007-08-21 Thread Chris
Sorry, this is probably a common question... Is it possible to call a function of a C#-dll with a custom action? How does it work? Or is it only possible to call C++ - dll's I added following to my wxs but with the installation I get an error that the dll wasn't found - that doesn't change when

[WiX-users] Votive: Error when creating a new wix-project in VS2005

2007-08-20 Thread Chris
the Version Votive 2.0 and upgraded it to Votive 3.0. First everything worked well but the other day I got this error - although I didn't make a shutdown in between. Is there a known workaround? I hope you can help me! Chris

[WiX-users] Error with WIX and SQL when executing light

2007-08-20 Thread Chris
Hello, I still have the problem with 'lighting' my wix-sql-example (see below). Maybe you have any ideas? I get following error: light WixMondoSample.wixobj -ext WixSqlExtension.dll -ext WixUIExtension Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Linker version 3.0.2925.0 Copyright (C) Microsoft

Re: [WiX-users] Error with WIX and SQL when executing light

2007-08-20 Thread Chris
are included in either the binaries and/or the MSI. The source code still exists... http://wix.cvs.sourceforge.net/wix/wix/src/ca/serverca/ not sure if it is build -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 9:58

[WiX-users] Print-Queue

2007-08-20 Thread Chris
Hello, Is it possible to create a print-queue with wix or is there an extension with which this is possible? If yes, how? Thank's Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files

Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error VS-Error

2007-08-17 Thread Chris
.html I tried to 'work around' but it didn't work out. Any ideas? Thank's, Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Mensching Sent: Donnerstag, 16. August 2007 17:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject

Re: [WiX-users] SQL-Error VS-Error

2007-08-17 Thread Chris
(.wixproj) is installed. I found the following (rather old) posting where a workaround is described: http://osdir.com/ml/windows.devel.wix.devel/2006-09/msg00040.html I tried to 'work around' but it didn't work out. Any ideas? Thank's, Chris -Original Message- From

[WiX-users] Goodbye fragmentref - how to replace?

2007-08-07 Thread Chris Tavares
in these sequences. That won't work, of course, on WiX 3. So what do I do? There's no InstallExecuteSequenceRef that I can find. Thanks for any suggestions, -Chris - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping

[WiX-users] Installing a CA certificate with a client application

2007-07-31 Thread Chris Bardon
if the installer tried to install the cert or not. Is there something else I'm going wrong here, or is there another way to install a certificate on a client machine? I'm using the latest Wix 3 build with votive. Thanks Chris

[WiX-users] FileSearch on x64

2007-07-23 Thread Chris Gariepy
ComponentSearch Id=SQLSERVER Guid=42171F06-AFD9-4AD9-956E-9B68326429DE Type=file FileSearch Id=SQLSERVER Name=sqlservr.exe MinVersion=9.0.2047.0 / /ComponentSearch /Property Thanks, Chris - This SF.net

Re: [WiX-users] [WiX-devs] FileSearch on x64

2007-07-23 Thread Chris Gariepy
on that guid on an x86 box were the test works and it wasn't found in the registry. Does it have some meaning I'm not familiar with? Chris From: Heath Stewart Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:20 PM To: Chris Gariepy; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WiX-devs

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the value of TargetDir?

2007-04-12 Thread Chris Bardon
Did you set your main feature up with the ConfigurableDirectory=INSTALLDIR attribute? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JCWrs Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WiX-users] Changing the value of

Re: [WiX-users] Changing the value of TargetDir?

2007-04-12 Thread Chris Bardon
To: Chris Bardon; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Changing the value of TargetDir? Is something like this what you mean? Feature Id='RDPath' Title='ReferenceData' Description='Descrip of ReferenceDataCAB' Display='expand' Level='1' ConfigurableDirectory=INSTALLDIR I'm really at a loss here, My

Re: [WiX-users] Create MSBuild boostrap event to install Office

2007-04-10 Thread Chris Bardon
Hope this helps! Julie Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (440) 498-3081 -Original Message- -- Message: 3 Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:55:59 -0400 From: Chris Bardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WiX-users] Create MSBuild boostrap event to install Office PIAs To: wix

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a property, conditionally on selection of a feature in Custom install

2007-04-10 Thread Chris Bardon
So is it possible to write to these variables as well? I'd like to be able to pass in a property on the command line (or from a custom action) that will set the state of the feature tree for a custom install. The goal is to make it simple for admins to script installations that deploy components

Re: [WiX-users] Setting a property, conditionally on selection of a feature in Custom install

2007-04-10 Thread Chris Bardon
, 2007 11:41 AM To: Chris Bardon Cc: David Roberts; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Setting a property, conditionally on selection of a feature in Custom install Chris Bardon wrote: So is it possible to write to these variables as well? No, they're read-only. To mark

Re: [WiX-users] SelectionTree example?

2007-04-10 Thread Chris Bardon
Have you checked out the tutorial at http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson2.php? There's a section in there about UI that uses the stock Mondo set, and that has a feature tree built in. If you want to tweak it, you can just use the source for the stock dialog as a basis for a new version.

Re: [WiX-users] Uninstall the old version and then install the newerone.

2007-04-09 Thread Chris Bardon
This should be how a major upgrade works, especially if you position the removal logic in the right place. I have this in my wxs: Upgrade Id=9E9EAAF1-4AF9-46D4-89AA-AD26AE05208A UpgradeVersion OnlyDetect=no Property=PREVIOUSVERSIONFOUND IncludeMinimum=yes Minimum=1.0.0.0

[WiX-users] Create MSBuild boostrap event to install Office PIAs

2007-04-09 Thread Chris Bardon
to support both versions? The assembly installers should only install what's appropriate, correct (I'm guessing that's why these are MSIs and not MSMs in the first place). Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence

[WiX-users] Problem with simple custom action DLL

2007-04-02 Thread Chris Bardon
anything useful in the log except the return code, and since my method returns SUCCESS, that tells me that my DLL probably isn't being called correctly. Is there a prerequisite for even running CA DLLs? Thanks, Chris - Take

Re: [WiX-users] Registering an OCX with Wix v3?

2007-04-02 Thread Chris Bardon
be some junk in there, but it should be easy to find what you're looking for. Then, convert to WiX, and you're done. Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Dimmick Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 3:27 PM To: 'Chuck'; wix-users

[WiX-users] duplicate entries

2007-04-02 Thread Chris
merge module I can create an installation without any errors. But, it contains both myfile2's, verified using Orca. I tried including general.wxs in specific.wxs but that only produced multiple duplicate symbol errors. Is there any way to do this in wix? Thanks, Chris

Re: [WiX-users] Conditional Install of the Office 2003 PIAs

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Bardon
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Bardon Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:48 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Conditional Install of the Office 2003 PIAs I have an installer for a product with an optional Office 2003 Addin that requires the Office 2003 PIAs, and I'm trying

Re: [WiX-users] upgrade nightmare

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Bardon
I'm guessing you want to avoid passing the REINSTALLMODE to the bootstrapper, correct? My solution to the same problem (thanks to the help of others on this list) was to use * as the product code, and define every upgrade to be a major one. There is a way to distribute a bootstrapper with

Re: [WiX-users] install uninstall run conditions

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Bardon
Try setting the condition to NOT INSTALLED -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Some user Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 12:40 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] install uninstall run conditions I have an MSI where I

[WiX-users] Conditional Install of the Office 2003 PIAs

2007-03-29 Thread Chris Bardon
for the end user (although I suppose it could run silently). Any suggestions on how to do this? Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get

Re: [WiX-users] Problems with MFC and CRT 8 Merge Modules

2007-03-29 Thread Chris Bardon
Yes, it sounds like those warnings are normal for the merge modules and Wix. The modules seem to work though, so I've just ignored the warning for now. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Wieser Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:51

Re: [WiX-users] Another version of this product is already installed

2007-03-28 Thread Chris Bardon
11:48 PM To: Chris Bardon Cc: Wilson, Phil; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Another version of this product is already installed Chris Bardon wrote: -Force all upgrades to be major-Other than performance, is there any reason that this is a bad idea? Our apps

[WiX-users] Conditional RemoveFiles on Uninstall

2007-03-28 Thread Chris Bardon
, but I also don't want the user to be asked to keep them. I only want the option presented if they run the MSI again and select remove, or if they remove through the control panel. Thanks for your help, Chris - Take

[WiX-users] Why isn't my upgrade being detected?

2007-03-28 Thread Chris Bardon
I'm trying to make sure that I have a Wix installer that upgrades distributions authored with the previous Installshield version we used, but for some reason not all of the files work correctly. I've defined my Wix file with the same upgrade code, but with a new product and package codes, a new

Re: [WiX-users] Why isn't my upgrade being detected?

2007-03-28 Thread Chris Bardon
-users] Why isn't my upgrade being detected? Make sure that the AllUsers value is the same in both products. Phil Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Bardon Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:31 AM To: wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Wix votive stable version

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Bardon
output) not being in the 3.0 build, it seems to be much fuller featured than 2.0. Chris From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nitin Chaudhari Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:30 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Wix

[WiX-users] Dynamic contents for ScrollableText control?

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Bardon
the summary information runs longer than the size of a dialog. Any thoughts? Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions

Re: [WiX-users] Another version of this product is already installed

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Bardon
extracting exe that supports auto extraction and execution? There has to be a way to deal with this, doesn't there? Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilson, Phil Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 2:47 PM To: wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Another version of this product is already installed

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Bardon
Check out the tutorial here (http://www.tramontana.co.hu/wix/lesson4.php) Basically, you can't just run the MSI for small/minor upgrades-you have to pass in the command line msiexec /i install.msi REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vomus . Not sure why-can anyone here shed some light on the subject?

[WiX-users] Simple question-not equals condition?

2007-03-26 Thread Chris Bardon
a way to put in a simple property not set condition, I just don't know what the particular syntax is. Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile and Votive?

2007-03-26 Thread Chris Bardon
OK, that was it. I knew it was something dumb that I forgot. Didn't know you could define multiple namespaces for an XML file like that :) Thanks guys! From: Simon Dahlbacka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 9:45 AM To: Chris Bardon Cc

Re: [WiX-users] XmlFile and Votive?

2007-03-26 Thread Chris Bardon
I'm using the latest 3.0 build from the website. The version of the WixUtilExtension.dll is 3.0.2420.0. Sounds like it might be a Votive issue then? -Original Message- From: Bob Arnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:03 AM To: Chris Bardon Cc: wix-users

Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping to install .net 2.0-sample and best practices?

2007-03-26 Thread Chris Bardon
properties to set. From: Ricardo Lopes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:04 AM To: Chris Bardon Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Bootstrapping to install .net 2.0-sample and best practices? Hi, i use

[WiX-users] simple custom action DLL-not being called?

2007-03-22 Thread Chris Bardon
. Is there something else that I need to do to get a custom DLL to be called? Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions

Re: [WiX-users] wix, C# installer class, uninstall

2007-03-22 Thread Chris Bardon
Have you tried something like this: InstallExecuteSequence Custom Action=CA2.uninstall.SetProperty After=MsiUnpublishAssembliesINSTALLED/Custom /InstallExecuteSequence This should execute the action only if the product is installed. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WiX-users] simple custom action DLL-not being called?

2007-03-22 Thread Chris Bardon
installing, and I was thinking about putting the custom action before AppSearch. Are there any reasons not to do this? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Bardon Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:52 AM To: Rob Hamflett; wix-users

[WiX-users] Creating a semi-automated install with Wix-setting properties in advance

2007-03-22 Thread Chris Bardon
these installers for different sites. Thanks for your suggestions, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics

[WiX-users] source from Rob Mensching's video?

2007-03-21 Thread Chris Harrington
Hi, Just getting into WiX today. Does anyone have or know where to get the souce code for the sample presented in A live one hour Windows Installer XML introduction by Rob Mensching? Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn

[WiX-users] referring to property values in an rtf source file?

2007-03-21 Thread Chris Bardon
. Is there an easier way to get this to work? Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics

[WiX-users] Convert .reg file to .wxs?

2007-03-20 Thread Chris Bardon
don't know about, possibly with heat. Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics

Re: [WiX-users] Convert .reg file to .wxs?

2007-03-20 Thread Chris Bardon
to get everything by using RegSnap to take a snapshot of the registry, run server.exe /regserver, take a new snapshot, and check the diffs. -Original Message- From: Stefan Pavlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:01 AM To: Chris Bardon Cc: wix-users

[WiX-users] Bootstrapping to install .net 2.0-sample and best practices?

2007-03-20 Thread Chris Bardon
I have some applications that depend on .net 2.0 being installed, and I have an idea of how I'd like to have things work. A setup file, deployed from an intranet site will check for the prerequisites, and then once they are installed/verified, download and run my MSI with the command line

[WiX-users] XmlFile and Votive?

2007-03-20 Thread Chris Bardon
custom action, or will I need to get the wixlib to all of my developers independent of the votive MSI? Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get

Re: [WiX-users] Consensus about CRT/MCF merge modules?

2007-03-19 Thread Chris Bardon
directory, shouldn't it? From: Rob Mensching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 8:44 AM To: Mike Dimmick; Chris Bardon; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Consensus about CRT/MCF merge modules? Agreed. However, based

[WiX-users] Consensus about CRT/MCF merge modules?

2007-03-16 Thread Chris Bardon
with the Microsoft CRT msm that comes with VS 2005, and got a long list of warnings from light. Is there a recommended method for dealing with these kinds of dependencies? Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future

[WiX-users] Overide a file version to force upgrade

2007-03-15 Thread Chris Bardon
On to an upgrade question-I have an installer that just installs a single EXE right now, and I'd like to be able to create an upgrade path for it. The trick is, I'd like to be able to have a package that will upgrade within the same file version. If I change only the package code (small

[WiX-users] heat errors scanning files

2007-03-15 Thread Chris Bandy
I'm using heat with the -scom flag to generate a file with all of the registry settings directly. This is being used as the first step in an automated build script that's external to the dev environment. The problem is heat keeps generating a popup error when it tries to scan certain files and it

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI and a library question

2007-03-14 Thread Chris Bardon
, but then the Wix project that links against this library needs to contain the bitmap. I'd like to have the graphics carried with the library (ideally overrideable), the same way that strings are. Is there documentation somewhere that explains how to do this? Thanks again for the help. Chris

[WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

2007-03-13 Thread Chris Bardon
for the help Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

2007-03-13 Thread Chris Bardon
my own UI lib based off of Mondo, but I'd like to be able to customize it with different graphics when referenced in different setups. From: Levi Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:50 AM To: Chris Bardon Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

2007-03-13 Thread Chris Bardon
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:35 PM To: Simon Dahlbacka Cc: Chris Bardon; wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI Maybe that's what it was...that it was TOO easy :-) I usually miss those. On 3/13/07, Simon Dahlbacka [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI

2007-03-13 Thread Chris Bardon
questions). Chris From: Ashman, Jared [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 1:28 PM To: Chris Bardon; Levi Wilson; Simon Dahlbacka Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [WiX-users] Votive v3 and UI Chris, If you add the en-US to the field, then open

Re: [WiX-users] wix for Office 2007 .net 2.0 shared add-in

2007-02-26 Thread Chris Bardon
? Chris Bardon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Schmid Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 7:31 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] wix for Office 2007 .net 2.0 shared add-in I would like to use wix2 or wix3

[WiX-users] Question about Votive and UI

2007-02-22 Thread Chris Bardon
to make it work. Only question is, at this point would it be better to just start with v3? How close to complete is the release at this point? Thanks in advance for the help, and hopefully I can find a solution that works, Chris

[WiX-users] Votive v3 and variables

2007-02-22 Thread Chris Bardon
it into the .chm help file-the only place I was able to find them was in the MSDN article. Thanks, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance

[WiX-users] prompt for password

2007-01-29 Thread Chris Eldredge
Is there an example of wix markup to prompt for a password during installation? Also, this is more of a stretch, but is there a custom action that could verify that a given username/password are valid in the domain? Thanks, Chris Eldredge

Re: [WiX-users] Minor upgrade fails when original install is from removable media

2007-01-25 Thread Chris Allen
here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299803/en-us In MSI 3.0 they finally added the MsiSourceList...() API functions that allow you to access this stuff. (Of course, no good if you still need to support NT4 :( ) Hope this helps. Regards, Chris

Re: [WiX-users] What triggers The following applications should be closed... ?

2006-12-14 Thread Chris Allen
different path. So we just advise our users to either stop the service manually or just click the Ignore button in this case. Regards, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay

Re: [WiX-users] What triggers The following applications should be closed... ?

2006-12-14 Thread Chris Allen
] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/14/06, *Chris Allen* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although we have our own local copy of the CRT DLLs, if any other applications running on the system are using DLLs with the same basename, MSI complains that you need to close those

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Post-Install Dialog Questions

2006-12-08 Thread Chris . Ruel
the files have all been installed. Chris Ruel, Automation Consultant, Telvent Farradyne Inc. 3206 Tower Oaks Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 301-984-6460 Fax: 301-816-1884 Cullen Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cullen Waters Enviado por: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/07/2006 08:18 PM

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Post-Install Dialog Questions

2006-12-08 Thread Chris . Ruel
of accomplishing this, I am open to suggestions. Chris Ruel, Automation Consultant, Telvent Farradyne Inc. 3206 Tower Oaks Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 301-984-6460 Fax: 301-816-1884 Cullen Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cullen Waters 12/07/2006 08:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[WiX-users] WIX Post-Install Dialog Questions

2006-12-07 Thread Chris . Ruel
specifying a relative path for an installed file: Binary Id=MyInstalledExe SourceFile=$(var.SOME_DIR)myapp.exe / Any help or suggestions you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Chris Ruel, Automation Consultant, Telvent Farradyne Inc. 3206 Tower Oaks Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852 Email: [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Post-Install Dialog Questions

2006-12-07 Thread Chris . Ruel
)\MyApp.exe / CustomAction Id=RunMyAppAction BinaryKey=MyAppExe ExeCommand=[MY_PARAM] Return=check / Chris Ruel, Automation Consultant, Telvent Farradyne Inc. 3206 Tower Oaks Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 301-984-6460 Fax: 301-816-1884 Rob Mensching [EMAIL

Re: [WiX-users] WIX Post-Install Dialog Questions

2006-12-07 Thread Chris . Ruel
to the SourceFile? How should the line starting with Binary Id=MyAppExe ... read? If there is some other way of accomplishing the same thing, that would be fine too. Thanks, Chris Ruel, Automation Consultant, Telvent Farradyne Inc. 3206 Tower Oaks Blvd., Rockville, MD 20852 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office

Re: [WiX-users] Anyone know why the wix-users archive has stopped updating since 2/10/06

2006-11-15 Thread Chris Allen
/gmane.comp.windows.devel.wix.user Regards, Chris - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief

[WiX-users] CheckBox question...

2006-11-07 Thread Chris Lovett
Im trying to put a check box on my license agreement dialog using the following: Control Id=AgreeCheckBox Type=CheckBox Text={\DlgFont8}I amp;accept the terms in the License Agreement X=5 Y=207 Width=250 Height=15 Property=LicenceAccepted CheckBoxValue=1/ Where the property is

Re: [WiX-users] subdirectories under INSTALLDIR

2006-06-05 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
figured it out I just needed to add another Directory definition under INSTALLDIR. I really like WiX, it's really easy to piece together an installer exactly how I like it. Cheers! Chris -- Chris Sutcliffe http://ir0nh34d.blogspot.com http://emergedesktop.org

[WiX-users] subdirectories under INSTALLDIR

2006-06-03 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
in specific directories under INSTALLDIR (i.e. the user cannot choose their location). Is this possible? If so, how do I go about doing it? Thanx! Chris -- Chris Sutcliffe http://ir0nh34d.blogspot.com http://emergedesktop.org ___ WiX-users mailing list

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